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Prastāraprabhākaragrantha, circa 1700-1850. = प्रस्तारप्रभाकरग्रन्थ, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (8 leaves) : paper ; 14 x 30 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2611
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Subjects:
Hindu astrology.
Hindu astronomy.
Mountains -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Himalaya Mountains.
Form/Genre:
Treatises.
Tables (documents)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Hindi and Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Astrological work in Hindi including several tables of calculations of predictions and planetary movements. Some tables arranged as a pyramid are meant to represent Mount Meru in the Himalayas.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 8v).
Written in 10 lines per leaf.
8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: yai pura iti amṛtasaranagare śubhaṃ śuyataleṣakapāṭyo (f. 8v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
Cited in:
Listed in H.I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 5844 (UP 2611).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2611.
OCLC:
971022869